Some members of the Kumerican movement say they have been harassed on countless occasions by some police officers.
According to three of the artists claiming to be originators of the trend, the officers harassed them on suspicion they are threats to the society.
The three; TonyDath, Kizo Drips and Rapper Ebaadze said they have been arrested and interrogated many times.
They revealed that the police apprehends them firstly because of their dressing and overall lifestyle.
Some members of the group wear ear rings, bandanas, baggy jeans and identify themselves with gun signs. Others also parade themselves by sagging their pants.
“We were even scared while coming here. My brother told me to take off my ear rings”, TonyDath said in an interview with Abrantepa on Ghanaweb.
“There were times people called the police to arrest us, the police have searched us thoroughly several times… We mostly have to prove we are musicians before they release us. Until the Kumerica craze became popular, we suffered humiliation from the public and the police because they thought we were roughnecks”, he added.
The boys revealed that Kumerica was conceived during an interaction fifteen years ago.
However, due to some circumstances beyond their control, the movement was rather popularized by the Asakaa Boys.
“When it went viral, people started doing flags, T-shirts…. They started changing the names of our towns to that of America… We couldn’t have excused ourselves from the fad; we had to let it flow and later come out to set the record straight,” TonyDath stated.
Meanwhile, music producer Wei Ye Oteng has argued that the Kumerica movement won’t last because it is not well structured.
